Branko Kostic

Branko Kostic (28 August 1939-) was President of SR Montenegro from 17 March 1989 to 23 December 1990, succeeding Slobodan Simovic and preceding Momir Bulatovic, as well as President of Yugoslavia from 6 December 1991 to 15 June 1992, succeeding Stipe Mesic. He was the last "President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia" before its abolition.

Biography
Branko Kostic was born in Rvasi, Montenegro, Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1939, and he joined the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1957. He became a member of the party committee for Montenegro, and he served as President of SR Montenegro from 17 March 1989 to 23 December 1990. He was an intense proponent of the union between Serbia and Montenegro, and Kostic was made President of Yugoslavia in 1991, serving for less than a year. In June 1992, he left office as the last President of Yugoslavia, and he became a member of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro.